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Random: I had a professor in college who had a bunch of industry experience. He said once that working on computer equipment was really annoying because of Moor

Random: I had a professor in college who had a bunch of industry experience. He said once that working on computer equipment was really annoying because of Moore's law. You bust your ass for a year-year and a half, make the computer literally twice as fast, and in the end the execs just sort of say "well of course you did. Moore's law said you would." Not sure if true but definitely a little funny.

13of40 10y ago
The corollary to that is that in (a lot of) software your application's performance can plummet over time and nobody notices, because it appears to be holding steady. "But AcmePro Enterprise Plus is faster than it's ever been," you counter. Try running it on a 486DX4 with 32 megs of RAM like you did with version one. We'll wait.
- gpderetta 10y ago
  AKA Gate's Law
  - discodave 10y ago
    * Gates' law
    - chimeracoder 10y ago
      > * Gates' law Actually, it's Gates's law. The "s'" construct is for plural possessives (e.g. "the three organizers' books") In most style guides, when the name ends in "s", you still use an extra "'s" - the exception is for names in antiquity, when you don't (e.g. "Achilles' Heel"). Though this is becoming less prevalent on the Internet.
      - CardenB 10y ago
        I was under the impression that both "s'" and "s's" were correct in this context with the caveat that "s'" could also be used for plural possessives.